Application of Employer Sanctions to Longshore Work: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred First Congress, First Session, on H.R. 2138 ... June 14, 1989

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Page 52 - Stat. 758); (D) an alien crewman serving in good faith as such in any capacity required for normal operation and service on board a vessel (other than a fishing vessel having its home port or an operating base in the United States) or aircraft, who intends to land temporarily and solely in pursuit of his calling as a crewman and to depart from the United States with the vessel or aircraft on which he arrived or some other vessel or aircraft...
Page 58 - ... After extensive litigation, both the United States Supreme Court and the NLRB have recognized this. Similarly, Congress in 1972 amended the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act — the federal workers' compensation statute protecting longshoremen and shipyard workers — to extend its jurisdiction to all longshore operations and to all piers, terminals, marine railways, or other adjoining areas "customarily used by an employer" in loading or unloading a vessel. The clear legislative...
Page 17 - ... (1) Whenever it is charged that any person has engaged in an unfair labor practice within the meaning of paragraph (4) (A), (B), or (C) of section 8 (b), the preliminary investigation of such charge shall be made forthwith and given priority over all other cases except cases of like character in the office where it is filed or to which it is referred.
Page 15 - In this section, except as provided in paragraph (2), the term "longshore work" means any activity relating to the loading or unloading of cargo, the operation of cargo-related equipment (whether or not integral to the vessel), and the handling of mooring lines on the dock when the vessel is made fast or let go, in the United States or the coastal waters thereof. (2) EXCEPTION FOR SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. — The term "longshore work...
Page 25 - I am grateful to you for the cooperation you have extended both to the chairman of the full committee as well as the chairman of the subcommittee...
Page 31 - Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We appreciate the opportunity to be able to present the views of the Department of Agriculture, on HR 1004, and HR 1205.
Page 62 - House Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and International Law US House of Representatives Room 370B, Rayburn Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Dear Mr.
Page 1 - However, he has provided the committee with his written testimony, and without objection, his written testimony will be made part of the record. [The prepared statement of Mr.
Page 69 - HR 2138 - To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to the application of employer sanctions to longshore work Dear Mr.

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